Vegetable Glossary

To learn a bit how to keep your veggies fresh, check out our sheet on that:  Food Storage for CSA

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Arugula

B

Thai Basil
Sweet basil

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Green beans (we also grow purple, yellow, and striped beans)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Broccoli

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Baby beets with greens

 

C

Green Cabbage (cabbage can also be red)
Collards
Cilantro
Carrots
Chard (variety: Bright Lights)
Sweet corn

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cucumbers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Fresh garlic just starting to cure

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Garlic scapes are a delicious July treat

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Kale (variety: Red Russian)
Kale (variety: Lacinato)
Kohlrabi

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Some lettuces. From the left: speckled Romaine, red Summercrisp, green Romaine

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

M

Mustard greens:  Mizuna is a mild Japanese mustard green, great in salads, very lightly stir fried, and cooked with eggs.
Red baby mustard greens

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O

Green Onions (scallions have a similar look)

P

Sugarsnap pea on the left, and snow pea on the right
Pac Choi
New red potatoes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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R

Raab is somewhat similar to broccoli. Cook and eat the whole thing: stalk, leaves, and floret.
Radishes (can come in a variety of colors)

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Spinach
Summer squash. See also: zucchini

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Salad turnips. More refined than a standard turnip, and often come in white and red.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Zucchini and yellow patty pan summer squash.  A more common yellow summer squash is shaped like a zucchini.